Calvin & A Speech Act View of the Supper

Calvin’s point that: “… the promises of the Lord do not extend beyond the use he has left us” of and in the Supper coheres well with a speech act account of language which locates meaning in interaction and communication by describing intent and action. (LCC Calvin’s Theological Treatises, ‘Treatise on the Lord’s Supper’, p163) Just as you must use the Supper in the way God intended, so you cannot rip his promises out of context and put them to wrong uses.